Elastic mattress and other device for repose of the body



June 2, 1931. c, p ccg I 1,808,679

ELASTIC MATTRESS AND OTHERDEVICE FOR REPOSE OF THE BODY Filed March 29, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet l I E wvewto'c Arrrs.

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PatentedJune 2,1931} 1 303,679

HECTOR coRsIco rIcooLIi iI, on-nunnos AI REJS, ARGENTINA- ELASTIC MATTRESS AND mtsvicsionfmostgpimemb r.

Application filed March 29,} 1e'2ei1 seiigi ro. 355190;; I; l

. This invention relates to improvements in wheni he supporting members have the elastic bed bottoms and similar devices and a 'jprojectio rr GeXtending' -intofthef aperture 5 main object is to provide a structure which is .luponthe cross bars The helical spring i highly resilient and in which the various eleshown particularlyin Figure 4' has fiat ends o ments thereof are independent in their move- 11"and' 112'.f The end ll'i's designed tobe seatments from the other elements. ed in thegr'oove 13f while the end 121s de- A'further objectis to provide anew and si'gned tobe sea'ted the groove 1451 rub- 1 novel support for thecross bars constituting ber washer 8 is supported on the disk member the bed bottom. of the supporting member 7 and encircles the. re With these and other objects in view, as upwardly extending projection 6. 60

will become apparent as the description pro- In assembling the device the frame work is ceeds, the invention consists in the combinafirst assembled and thenthe cross bars 3 are tion and arrangement of parts set forth besecured at their ends in the grooves 4 upon low, claimed in the claims and described in th ends of the frame work The springs 10 v the drawings, in which. e are then seated with their ends 12 in the Figure 1 is a partial plan' view of the imgrooves 14; upon the slats 23nd the projecproved bed bottom; 1 tion 6 with the washer 8 thereon is, inserted Figure 2 is a lonigtudinal section on the through an aperture 5 while the downwardly line 0cl of Figure 1; l extending projection 9 extends into the spring 7 29 Figure 3 is a cross section taken on the line 1() hil th d 11 i di d i id th 79 a-b of F igure 1; V groove 13. This provides a highly elastic bed I Flgure 41 an elevilt-lQnal VleW Of 0116 OfthG bottom in which the various bars 3 are indesprlngs; pendent and have independent flexibility.

Flgulfe 5 1S a P elevahlohal -h P The projections 9, it will be noted from Fig I tional view of the supporting dev1ce;and ure 3, do'not extend the entire length of the Figur 6 IS a pl V 0f the PP g spring; but allow a fairly large amount of dev liberty of movement. However, if an excess Referring 9 the drawings, lindicates the weight is disposed upon the bed bottom, the bed frame havlhg a bottom Composed of slats guiding members 9 will remove excess strain 1s provlded in which the ends of the cross bars Cent ti f the spring from contacting 3 are secured h y deslred mahheh The and thereby causing the disagreeable metallic cross bars 3 are independent of one another sound which i presentin a great many c m. and ?Xtehd P l to one ahother and are structions. The supporting devices? are P Ovlded at P P lhtervals W p hs disposed preferably in regular parallel "row s. P g m b 7 h Parnell Howevenif an excessive load is placed upon larly m Elgure Provided W117i} an upward the bed bottom structure, Crossbars 15 may g i t 6 33 22 z g figgi be provided in addition to the slats 2 which eseae an exensino rur V the cross bars 3. Directly below the pro- 6 ind i f fi excesslge J jection 6 the supporting member is provided 92 5 2 i e 5 i a with an enlarged disk-like member andproi e clrcu 3 brooms V jecting downwardly from this disk-like memt i 0 o erstood h he bo v ber is an extension or guiding member 9. The descnbed embodlmenh of my wa at v lower surface of the disk member upon the Present the Ph h but 1t 15 $15 supporting member? a is provided with a cirldent h t Venous modifications and changes cular groove 13. a V 7 may be madetherein and 1t 1s my intention to Referring to Figure 3 the slats 2 are proincludeall such modifications and rearrangevided with circular grooves 14 similar to the ments as will come within the scope of the grooves 13 and in alinement with the grooves following claim. 1

2 and ends and sides. In-the ends a groove 4 upon th i g d il prevent e adj? so i bers, bottom slats for said frame, flexible supporting rods having their ends secured in said grooves, said rods Ihaving spaced apertures therein, supporting members having projec-- V rubber Washers. disposed about said projee--- Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

An elastic. bed bottom comprising a frame having side and end members, horizontal grooves disposed in said end memtions extending upwardly into said apertures,

tions below said apertures, disk portions upon said supporting members having downwardly directed grooves therein, said slats being provided with grooves aligned with said last mentioned grooves, said supporting members having downwardly directed guiding ele-f ments and spiral springs seated in said slat 'grooves and said downwardly directed groovesf up'on said supporting members and ,being guidedby said guiding elements.

,In testimony. whereof he has'signed. his

name to this specification, I

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